Domain Consultant ( Cortex​/Cloud

Domain Consultant – Cloud Native Security

We are looking for a Domain Consultant for cloud native security to define technical solutions that secure a customer’s key business imperatives. You evangelize our industry leading solutions in cloud security that establish Palo Alto Networks as a customer’s cybersecurity partner of choice.

• Collaborate with account teams to recommend and develop customer solutions within your assigned specialization area.
• Present to customers as our expert at all levels in the customer hierarchy, from practitioner to senior leadership.
• Act as the main technical point of contact for Cloud Security, assisting and collaborating to respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs.
• Lead and support customer demonstrations that showcase our unique value proposition.
• Scope and lead Proof of Value (PoV) projects for prospective customers and partners based on best practices to ensure technical win in your assigned opportunities.
• Drive high technical validation and PoV win rates within your assigned specialization area.
• Discuss and highlight product alignment with customer requirements and differentiation.
• Architect solutions that help our customers strengthen and simplify their security posture.
• Accelerate technical validation of proposed solutions within your specialization.
• Document High‑Level Design and Key Use Cases to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions.
• Help our customers build and develop further their services around Prisma Cloud.
• Lead conversations about industry trends and emerging changes to the security landscape.
• Discuss, with credibility, competitive offers in the marketplace and position ours as the best alternative.
• Position Palo Alto Networks or partner‑delivered services as appropriate to ensure proper implementation and value realization of Palo Alto Networks solutions.
• Act as a conduit for customer feedback to Product Management, Technical Marketing, competitor intelligence, and R&D to create requirements and deliver product features for our customers.

• 3+ years of technical sales or equivalent experience (highly preferred) or graduate of Palo Alto Networks Academy Program.
• Hands‑on experience using IaC software tools (Cloud Formation, Terraform, Azure Resource Manager, GCP Cloud Deployment Manager, etc.) and CI/CD tools (IDEs, Git Lab, Git Hub, Jenkins, Circle
  
  CI, etc.).
• Experience with Alibaba Cloud, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud configuration and administration of security features and services (including identity and access management, networking, firewalls, encryption).
• Knowledge of one or more cloud security areas such as Shift Left, CSPM, CWP, KSPM, CIEM, DSPM, AI‑SPM.
• Background in security domain or cloud security preferred.
• Understanding of container and container orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Open Shift.
• This is a field sales position; travel requirements may be required to support in‑person customer meetings (please discuss the specifics with the recruiter).
• Proficient in English.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non‑sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $173,000 – $237,500 /YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

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